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Attractions near Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach’s draw is Palace Playland

Old Orchard Beach and its surroundings hold 21 museums, 3 lighthouses and 2 theme parks. Mapped inside Old Orchard Beach is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 31. A day out reaches Lake Winnipesaukee, 49 mi away.

Attractions nearby
51
within 60 miles
The big one
10 mi
Portland Head Light
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
5
Attitash Mountain Resort
Lighthouse · 10 mi northeast

Portland Head Light

Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Around Old Orchard Beach, mapped

Strawbery Banke marks the outer edge, 38 mi away.

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Orange: Old Orchard Beach. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

First the one in town, then the 50 within 60 miles.

The places inside Old Orchard Beach lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Old Orchard Beach → · Old Orchard Beach’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Palace Playland: Andrew Malone, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Pemaquid Point Light: WestportWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Perkins National Monument: Robert Reed, NPS employee (per the same source), Public domain · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moffatt-Ladd House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Independence Museum: DebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Bartlett Museum, Inc.: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fuller Gardens: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Rochester Museum of Fine Arts: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winnipesaukee Playhouse: Alexa15224, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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